- Source: Global Times
- November 26 2010
Cambodians Thursday mourn the victims of Monday's deadly stampede on the Diamond Gate bridge in Phnom Penh. Photo: AFP
Chinese enterprises in Cambodia have donated $120,000 to the victims of a major stampede Monday night in Phnom Penh, the Xinhua News Agency reported Thursday.
"China and Cambodia enjoy a long-lasting friendship. We feel the same sorrow as the Cambodians do ... and we will do what we can to help them overcome the difficulties," Xinhua quoted Sun Yanqian, secretary-general of the Chinese Business Association in Cam-bodia, as saying in a special council meeting.
The death toll of the tragedy was revised down Thursday to 347 from 456 because some victims had been mistakenly counted twice, the Cambodian social affairs ministry said, according to AFP.
Initial findings from a probe released Wednesday suggested a combination of factors was to blame, AFP reported.
Phnom Penh's police chief, Touch Naruth, estimated that at least 7,000 people were on the eight-meter wide, 100-meter long bridge when the stampede happened, AFP reported.
"The deaths happened because the bridge was overcrowded and there was panic that the bridge was collapsing because it is hung by cables and was swaying," said Prum Sokha, who heads a panel investigating the tragedy.
"China and Cambodia enjoy a long-lasting friendship. We feel the same sorrow as the Cambodians do ... and we will do what we can to help them overcome the difficulties," Xinhua quoted Sun Yanqian, secretary-general of the Chinese Business Association in Cam-bodia, as saying in a special council meeting.
The death toll of the tragedy was revised down Thursday to 347 from 456 because some victims had been mistakenly counted twice, the Cambodian social affairs ministry said, according to AFP.
Initial findings from a probe released Wednesday suggested a combination of factors was to blame, AFP reported.
Phnom Penh's police chief, Touch Naruth, estimated that at least 7,000 people were on the eight-meter wide, 100-meter long bridge when the stampede happened, AFP reported.
"The deaths happened because the bridge was overcrowded and there was panic that the bridge was collapsing because it is hung by cables and was swaying," said Prum Sokha, who heads a panel investigating the tragedy.
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